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n. - A semisynthetic antibiotic administered parenterally in the form of its salt.

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  • Unresponsive to various combinations of cefotaxime, chlarithromycin, levofloxacin, doxyclycline and Tamiflu.
  • SDD consisted of 4 days of intravenous cefotaxime and topical application of tobramycin, colistin, and amphotericin
  • Similarly, no resistance was detected to cefotaxime or ciprofloxacin in animal Salmonella isolates from Northern Ireland or Scotland.
  • There was no resistance detected to amikacin, cefotaxime or ceftazidime in Salmonella isolates of animal origin from England and Wales.
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